e of all else (including growth) when he declared recently that "deficit and debt" constitute the "transcendent issue of our era." No, it's not. As Bruce Bartlett, the bravely dissident conservative economics specialist wrote a few days ago: "In fact, our long-term deficit situation is not nearly as severe as

im become Commander & Chief - a person who is willing to pull a trigger before considering the consequence could be a disaster for the country. As Bruce Bartlett wrote in The Fiscal Times this week, Willard 'Mitt' Romney, FAILED the 3:00 an: phone call test when he grossly miscalculated politicizing the Libya